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Emsisoft Malware-Info

Name: Adware.Win32.HomeMalwareCleaner

Risklevel: High Risk

Description:

Home Malware Cleaner is a rogue scanner application, another variant of SmartAntiMalwareProtection, Antivirus Smart Protection, Malware Protection Center and Internet Security Guard. A rogue application tries to trick you by displaying false positive or misleading scan results report, which says that your computer has a problem, or infected with viruses or trojan, but you will not be able to fix it before you purchase.

Removal instructions for Adware HomeMalwareCleaner:

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Run a full scan on all drives and move all detected items to the quarantine.

More details about this danger:

Characteristics:

• Shows misleading scan results.
• Shows fake warning messages.
• Shows fake security alerts.

Installation: Installed through EXE

Screenshots:

Used folders:

• C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\
• C:\WINDOWS\system32\WBEM\Logs\
• C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\5c678c\
• C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\HMEMLLCC\
• C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Home Malware Cleaner\
• C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\
• C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\3tym3h4y.default\
• C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Desktop\
• C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Recent\
• C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Local Settings\Temp\
• C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Start Menu\
• C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Start Menu\Programs\Google Chrome\
• C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Start Menu\Programs\

Used files:

• C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
  [734 Bytes] File
• C:\WINDOWS\system32\WBEM\Logs\mofcomp.log
  [484 Bytes] LOG File
• C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\5c678c\51.mof
  [338 Bytes] MOF File
• C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\5c678c\HM5c6_8010.exe
  [2965504 Bytes] EXE File
• C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\5c678c\HMC.ico
  [4286 Bytes] ICO File
• C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\5c678c\mozcrt19.dll
  [718296 Bytes] DLL File
• C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\5c678c\sqlite3.dll
  [458200 Bytes] DLL File
• C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\HMEMLLCC\HMFLAAC.cfg
  [6503 Bytes] CFG File
• C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Home Malware Cleaner\cookies.sqlite
  [2048 Bytes] SQLITE File
• C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Home Malware Cleaner\Instructions.ini
  [1663 Bytes] INI File
• C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Google Chrome.lnk
  [2628 Bytes] LNK File
• C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Home Malware Cleaner.lnk
  [1812 Bytes] LNK File
• C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\3tym3h4y.default\prefs.js
  [1457 Bytes] JS File
• C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Desktop\Home Malware Cleaner.lnk
  [1792 Bytes] LNK File
• C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Local Settings\Temp\73BB80.dmp
  [6726179 Bytes] DMP File
• C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Local Settings\Temp\b7b1_appcompat.txt
  [3370 Bytes] TXT File
• C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Local Settings\Temp\del.bat
  [190 Bytes] BAT File
• C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Local Settings\Temp\scandsk211d_8010.exe
  [115717 Bytes] EXE File
• C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Local Settings\Temp\~DF2AB2.tmp
  [16384 Bytes] TMP File
• C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Recent\energy.sys
  [72 Bytes] SYS File
• C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Start Menu\Home Malware Cleaner.lnk
  [1794 Bytes] LNK File
• C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Start Menu\Programs\Home Malware Cleaner.lnk
  [1800 Bytes] LNK File
• C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Start Menu\Programs\Google Chrome\Google Chrome.lnk
  [2662 Bytes] LNK File

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